Observation pack · Galway City Council
134 Castlelawn Heights , Headford Road , Galway
Permission for development which consists of: retain widening the entrance, removing the front garden and structure to the rear of the dwelling house
Observations close 13 Nov 2026 8 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Dec 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660363 · full record
- Authority
- Galway City Council
- Type
- RETENTION
- Status
- NEW APPLICATION
- Applicant
- not published by the national dataset — see the council register
- Units
- 0
- Floor area
- —
- Site area
- 195 m²
- Received
- 9 Oct 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 3 Dec 2026
- Decision
- N/a
The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.
How to submit an observation
- Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/GalwayCity/AppFileRefDetails/2660363/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660363at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on. - Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Galway City Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
- Submit before 13 Nov 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Galway City Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
- Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.
Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.
After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.
What the site is zoned
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| R3 Rural cluster | Residential: To provide residential development and for associated support development, which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and will contribute to sustainable residential neighbourhoods | galway city development plan 2023 2029 | 4 Jan 2023 → 4 Jan 2029 |
| R3 Rural cluster | Residential: To provide residential development and for associated support development, which will ensure the protection of existing residential amenity and will contribute to sustainable residential neighbourhoods | galway city development plan 2023 2029 variations 1 2 3 | 4 Jan 2023 → 4 Jan 2029 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: Galway City Council development plan zoning · fetched 4 Oct 2026, 23:04
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galway City Council development plan zoning | — | 4 Oct 2026, 23:04 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- Recorded monument × 2Burial ground · R179091
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660276 | Conditional | 23 Sept 2026 | 0 | 464 m | Permission for development which consists of: the development will consist of a modifications (Pl. Ref. 00/249) Reg. Ref.26/60087 & , The proposed development proposes to amend the permitted layout with the internalisation of and existing external area at ground floor area, comprising of an additional ground floor area absorbed in reception of 10.1sqm, with the additional floor area at first floor level (floor void having been removed) is 9.7sqm, new facade glazing and door to match existing (where entrance has been pulled forward in reception).Removal of double doors and provision of new single door (to match existing) at plant room area. Removal of double door opening and replacement with glazing to match existing (previous study room / new cinema room area) at ground floor level. Glazing to be fritted internally so as to minimise difference to external appearance. New window opening to top of stairs in previous games room / new study room area on first floor level. |
| 2660256 | Conditional | 9 Sept 2026 | 0 | 127 m | Permission for development which consists of: 1. Construction of 47 no. residential units across 4 no. building blocks as follows; a. Block A consists of a 3 storey duplex building to the south-east of the site, comprising of 4 no. 1 bed ground floor apartments and 4 no. 2 bed upper floor apartments, b. Block B consists of a 3 storey duplex building to the south of the site, comprising of 9 no. 1 bed ground floor apartments and 9 no. 2 bed no. upper floor apartments, c. Block C consists of a 3 storey building to the west of the site. The southern end of the building consists of 1 no. 3 bed apartment on the ground floor, 1 no. 3 bed apartment on the first floor and 1 no. 2 bed apartment on the second floor. The remainder of the building consists of 5 no. 2 bed units and integrated bike store at ground floor, and 5 no. 3 bed duplex units on the upper floors, d. Block D consists of a 3 storey duplex building, comprising of 4 no. 1 bed ground floor apartments and 4 no. 2 bed upper floor apartments. 2. Replacement of existing agricultural entrance with the provision of a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance off the Coolough road (L-1021-2 road) to the south, 3. Provision of a 4m set back from existing roadside kerbs along Coolough road frontages, to facilitate future active travel routes, 4. Revised boundary treatments, 5. Provision of single storey bin store/bike store buildings, 6. Provision of public open space areas (to include for a play area), private open space areas, footpaths, public lighting, hard and soft landscaping, 7. Provision of car parking to include accessible spaces, dedicated EV spaces and EV ducting to all spaces for future electric charging points, 8. Proposed connection to existing mains water infrastructure, 9. Proposed on-site surface water drainage arrangements and connection to existing storm sewer network, 10. Proposed connection to sewer network via a proposed sewer extension along the Coolough road (L-1021-2), together with all associated site works and services. A Natura Impact Statement will be submitted to the planning authority with this application. |
| 2660175 | Conditional | 21 Jul 2026 | 1 | 295 m | Permission for development which consists of: to subdivide site and to construct a dwelling house with all associated services |
| 2660119 | Conditional | 2 Jun 2026 | 0 | 414 m | Permission for development which consists of: the retention of changes to the front elevation of the existing house and permission to construct the front boundary wall, together with all associated site development works. |
| 2660087 | Conditional | 5 May 2026 | 0 | 464 m | Permission for development which consists of: We, Sub Fund 4 - Global Alternatives Platform ICAV, intend to apply for permission for development at this site: Cuirt na Coiribe, Headford Road, Galway H91 R766. The development will consist of a modification/change of use to permitted planning (Pl. Ref. 00/249). The proposed development relates to the scheme to reconfigure the internal layout and use of the student services building at the front of the site. It is proposed to change the use at basement level from storeroom to gym and fitness area, at ground floor to change the use from gym, launderette, reception area, to student study area, reception area, and at first floor level to change the use from care takers apartments to kitchen, social space area. In addition, works will involve internal modifications which will see the addition of an internal lift and modifications to the existing stairwell |
| 2560357 | Conditional | 30 Jan 2026 | 1 | 218 m | Permission for development which consists of: construction of a first floor side elevation (roof) extension and all ancillary works |
| 2525 | Unconditional | 18 Sept 2025 | 0 | 192 m | Permission for development which consists of: Montane Developments Ltd. intend to apply to An Comisiún Pleanála for permission for a strategic housing development at this site at Coolough Road, Terryland and which includes works at Coolough Road and Dyke Road Galway. The development will consist of student housing development comprising 2 no. blocks ranging in height from 1 to 4 storeys, providing a total of 255 no. single bedrooms (of which 5 will be accessible bedrooms) divided into 38 no. clusters. Ancillary student facilities to include student communal laundry (c. 110.39 sq m), student gym/fitness centre (c.133.98 sq m), reception/security area (c. 109.11 sq m), student common/seminar area (c. 183.73 sq m). Provision of 8 car parking spaces, 280 no. bicycle parking spaces, 3 no. motorcycle parking spaces, and coach drop off (with bus shelter) . Bin stores, plant areas, switch room, ESB sub-station, gas skid. Access to be provided from Coolough Road. Provision of pedestrian crossing infrastructure at Dyke Road and Coolough Road. All associated site development works, including landscaped areas, boundary treatements, drainage works, lighting; site services and infrastucture. A natura impact statement has been prepared. "it is noted that the parent permission was subsequently amended by GCC reg. ref. 23/60174. Condition 2 of this amendment permission stated: "Apart from any departures specifically authorised by this permission, the development shall comply with the conditions of the parent permission ABP 306403-20 unless the conditions set out hereunder specify otherwise" |
| 2560215 | Refused | 9 Sept 2025 | 0 | 158 m | Permission for development which consists of: retention of the widening of the vehicular access and the provision of the off-street car parking space in lieu of the front lawn area incl. all ancillary site development works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502233 | — | pending | 6 Oct 2026 | 127 m |
| 501966 | — | pending | 17 Aug 2026 | 295 m |
| 500016 | — | Refused | 3 Feb 2026 | 158 m |
| 322424 | — | Granted with conditions | 18 Aug 2025 | 165 m |
| 319927 | — | Granted with conditions | 1 Oct 2024 | 192 m |
If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.
What has happened on this file
- 9 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 13 Nov 2026
- 9 Oct 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Galway City Council before relying on it.